Water-meter



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

F. B. GIESLER.

WATER METER.

o. 427,852. Patented May 13, 189-0.

Wow/way (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

P. B. GIESLER. WATER METER.

No. 427,852. v Patented May 13, 1890.

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FRANKLIN B.- GIESLER, OF MILWVAUKEE, \VISCONSIN.

WATER-METER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,852, dated May 13, 1890.

Application filed June 6, 1889. Serial No. 313,329. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN B. GIEsLER, of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, and in the State of lVisconsimhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vater- Meters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to water-meters, and will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical lon gitudinal section of my device. Figs. 2 and 3 are details. Fig. 4 is a section on line 44, Fig. 1. Fig.5 is a section on line 5 5, Fig. 1; and Fig. 6 is a detail.

A is a casing that incloses one end of a cylinder B, in which a piston 0 travels.

D is a valve-chamber, E a slide-valve, F an inlet-port, and G the outlet-port. A port a leads from the valve-chamber D to one end of the cylinder B, and Z) is a port that leads from the valve-chamber to the casing A, that opens into the inclosed end of cylinder B.

The stem 1) of valve E passes through a boss 0, in which is a bushing d, and, passing through the wall of easing A, is toggled by a link 6 to an arm f of a crank-lever g, that is loose on a shaft H, that is j ournaled in brackets I, that form part of the cylinder-casting. The shaft II also carries another crank-lever M, and the hub M of this lever, which is keyed or splined on shaft H, carries loosely on it the hubbed end h of a weighted lever j. The cranklever g has two arms f and f which are at approximately right angles to its arm f, and one of the arms f carries a horizontal pin g and the other f a like pin g which pins project into a plane drawn vertically through the length of lever j. Like pins m m project from crank-lever M into the same plane, and the pins on the two levers g and M just clear each other. The end of lever M farthest from its hub is toggled by a link N to the piston-head O, which travels in cylinder B, and the lever j is notched at j j to receive the pins of levers g and M during the action of the levers. The weight J of lever j is formed on its outer end with alug J, having inclined sides and afiat top, and inthe apex of case A is housed a sliding head A and a spring A for depressing it. The face of head A is wedge-shaped, and pro jects normally through the wall of the casing,

and at stated periods in the operation of the meter intercepts the lug J of leverj, as will be described farther on.

The operation of my device is as follows: Suppose the parts of my meter are in the position shown in Fig. 1. The inlet-pipe F is open to the meter, the outlet G closed from the inlet. Now, if the pipe G be opened, the pressure of the water in casing A will force the piston-head into cylinder B and expel the water through port a and outlet G, and as the piston C advances the outer end of lever M is drawn down by toggle-lever N, and by the time the piston 0 reaches thelimit of its stroke the pin on of lever M lifts the lever j and carries the fiat portion of its lug J under and beyond the point of head A, which, acting as a wedge, gives an impulse to lever j to throw it over the center and down 011 the other side with sufficient force to enable it, when it falls on pin 9 of lever g, to slide valve E by rocking lever g, and this sliding of valve E closes port I) from inlet F and opens it to outlet G, and closes port a from the outlet and opens it to the inlet, and the water-pressure in a forcing back piston G will reversely repeat the operation just described, thus causing the lever M to rock the shaft H every time the cylinder 13 is filled and emptied; and that the rocking of this shaft may register the amount of Water used I connect' it with gearing by a spindle p, the inner end of which is flattened and projects into a slot 19 in the adjacent end of shaft H, the slot permitting the spindle to find the center of shaft H as it revolves. On its outer end spindle 1) may be connected with any desired form of registering-gear I. I

The weight J is supported, when in the position shown in full lines, Fig. 1, by the upper wall of the cylinder, and when the piston is in the position shown in dotted lines by a shelf K.

R are cushions for the piston, and S are drain-openings, which may be closed in any suitable manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a water-meter, a horizontal cylinder, a Valve-chamber mounted thereon, a circular casing inclosing one end of said cylinder, and ports communicating from the valve-casing with the interior of the circularcasing and with the opposite end of the cylinder, in combination with a rock-shaft mounted horizontally in said circular casing, a pair of T-shaped toggle-levers mounted on said shaft, and connected, respectively, with the piston in the cylinder and the slide-valve in the valve-casing, and a weighted lever arranged to move radially about said shaft, and actuated by studs on the T-lever, which is connected with the piston and engaging studs on the lever, which is connected with the slide-valve to move the same, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a horizontal cylinderaud a circular casing inclosing one end of said cylinder, of aweighted lever arranged to oscillate within said circular casing, a

bracket within said casing forminga stop to limit the movement of the lever in one direction, the intruding end of the cylinder forming the stop or rest for the opposite throw of the lever, and a wedge-shaped spring-head or abutment mounted in the casing and engaging the wedge-shaped head of the lever to carry the same beyond its center, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of \Visconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANKLIN B. GIESLER.

Witnesses:

S. S. STOUT, WILLIAM KLUG.. 

